The rabies virus does not live well outside the animal. Therefore, if a dead bat floating in a pool had rabies, the virus would not live very long after the bat died. 2. The dilution factor of a small amount of virus in the large volume of water in the pool would reduce any risk.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, does chlorine kill rabies virus?The rabies virus is a very fragile virus. As soon as the saliva dries, the virus is no longer infectious. The virus is easily killed by soaps, detergents, bleach, alcohol and ultraviolet light. If the animal develops symptoms suggestive of rabies, it should be humanely destroyed and the brain sent for testing.Furthermore, do bats drink from swimming pools? Anecdotal reports suggest bats use swimming pools for drinking, perhaps especially in areas where natural water sources are scarce, said student researcher Zachary Nickerson, a junior from Columbus, Ind. “Bats drink water in-flight, so they come down, take a drink and fly out all in one motion. In respect to this, can rabies spread through water? It is unlikely that rabies will be transmitted through sharing food and water but if saliva from the infected patient came in contact with your mucous membranes (mouth), then this would be an exposure and you should seek treatment.Do bats drown in water?Although they don’t alight to drink, they can swim. Bats that eat frogs might swim from shallow pond water onto a shoreline, crawl out and fly away.